Further details have come to light regarding a Cathay Pacific Airbus A350 engine fire that resulted in 86 A350-1000 aircraft facing mandatory inspection, after Hong Kong’s Air Accident Investigation Authority (AAIA) published a preliminary report into the incident.  

Following the release of the AAIA’s report, the European Aviation Safety Agency subsequently issued an updated Airworthiness Directive (AD), potentially requiring some A350-900s to undergo checks.  

On September 2, 2024, the Cathay Pacific Airbus A350-1000’s second engine experienced a fire. On September 19, 2024, the AAIA said that, on inspection of the engine, a “steel braided sheath of the fuel hose connecting to the No.17 fuel spray nozzle had a rupture, evidenced by a discernible hole in the hose”. 

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